Coronavirus - A pale horse,4 men and ....beer

[Archery1969]

Racing suspended, gym closed... looks like I'll have to buy a PS4 and play video games for a month or two

No need to buy one. I am sure looting will start soon, so just pop along and help yourself.

You'll be lucky if there's anything left in the shops.

I'm not selfish enough to panic buy but I am getting worried that cigarettes and beer could be the next casualties.

Dont worry Derek, i am off to Dieppe from Newhaven tonight in my small dinghy under the cover of darkness. Let me know what you need and i will smuggle it across, weather/border guards permitting.

[PDC]

nope, back to 10k queue -2 hour wait to get onto the virtual shop... jeez

[edit] - might be a bit of dosh to be made here by selling queue position(s)!! - hmmm

Front running takes on a whole new meaning!

[PDC]

Does anyone know what on course requirements there are for medical cover at UK greyhound racing?

Having read the press release about UK horse racing the reason for calling off racing was not anything to do with racing as such but due to not being able to justify pulling medical cover, be it private or NHS, away from where it is likely to be needed due to Coronavirus and therefore they were left with no option but to call off racing.

If medical cover is not needed at Greyhound racing as a rule for it being on then hopefully Greyhound racing can continue until/if a ban on people movement comes in.

Number 10 press conference on any time now as was due 4pm GMT.

[jimibt]

Does anyone know what on course requirements there are for medical cover at UK greyhound racing?

Having read the press release about UK horse racing the reason for calling off racing was not anything to do with racing as such but due to not being able to justify pulling medical cover, be it private or NHS, away from where it is likely to be needed due to Coronavirus and therefore they were left with no option but to call off racing.

If medical cover is not needed at Greyhound racing as a rule for it being on then hopefully Greyhound racing can continue until/if a ban on people movement comes in.

Number 10 press conference on any time now as was due 4pm GMT.

if you think about it, the reason for medical cover at race courses is due to potential jockey injury, so as far as greyhounds are concerned, it's risk free in that respect. I guess the only emergency cover required may be for spmething going wrong technically that causes injury but that would be the same for any business, so no, i reckon it could be exempt for that reason. let's face it, during the day in particular, who on earth goes to the dogs anyway...

[PDC]

if you think about it, the reason for medical cover at race courses is due to potential jockey injury, so as far as greyhounds are concerned, it's risk free in that respect.

From the little experience I have of holding events that members of the public attend you have to have an action plan for medical cover, even our little village show has to have medical cover on site due to insurance cover, all be it St Johns Ambulance is enough but even that will most likely be needed more elsewhere now/going forward.

So I was curious if anyone knew about the medical requirements that may have to be in place at greyhound stadium even behind closed doors as there will still be members of the public in attendance.

[PDC]

Number 10 Press Conference on now.

[ShaunWhite]

£330bn in state aid?
Just shows that everything from unfit nursing homes, to homelessness and children in care being neglected was all choice afterall. Now that Mr & Mrs Middleclass are at risk suddenly they're pissing money.

[superfrank]

£330bn in state aid?
Just shows that everything from unfit nursing homes, to homelessness and children in care being neglected was all choice afterall. Now that Mr & Mrs Middleclass are at risk suddenly they're pissing money.

Don't be ridiculous. Do you really think there are reserves to draw on?! That money will be borrowed from the future, i.e. from the young and unborn. The country is already nearly £2 trillion in debt.

We know who will likely get bailed out most though... banks, shareholders and property owners - just like after the financial crisis.

[convoysur-2]

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[firlandsfarm]

£330bn in state aid?
Just shows that everything from unfit nursing homes, to homelessness and children in care being neglected was all choice afterall. Now that Mr & Mrs Middleclass are at risk suddenly they're pissing money.

The £330bn is not being manufactured out of thin air there will be a cost that Mr & Mrs Middleclass will carry the biggest burden for.

[Derek27]

£330bn in state aid?
Just shows that everything from unfit nursing homes, to homelessness and children in care being neglected was all choice afterall. Now that Mr & Mrs Middleclass are at risk suddenly they're pissing money.

The £330bn is not being manufactured out of thin air there will be a cost that Mr & Mrs Middleclass will carry the biggest burden for.

The inevitable cuts to public services that are likely to result are usually felt by the people who can least afford it.

[ShaunWhite]

£330bn in state aid?
Just shows that everything from unfit nursing homes, to homelessness and children in care being neglected was all choice afterall. Now that Mr & Mrs Middleclass are at risk suddenly they're pissing money.

Don't be ridiculous.

I'm not, and I'm not talking about the whole £330bn. Even £1bn would save 000s of suicides if there was access to mental healthcare or keep children in care safe from predators. £1bn is a poxy £20 a year per head so it's not exactly a massive change.

[ShaunWhite]

The £330bn is not being manufactured out of thin air there will be a cost that Mr & Mrs Middleclass will carry the biggest burden for.

Good, because they got away scot free over 'austerity' which only hit the least able to bear it.

[firlandsfarm]

Good, because they got away scot free over 'austerity' which only hit the least able to bear it.

Opinions differ and we don't know what the 'cost' would have been if they had continued to spend spend spend as intended by the previous Government ... maybe we would have spent so much and been so in debt that to raise another £330bn now would have been impossible and they would now be being blamed for spending too much so that they wouldn't be able to take action! Definition of Opposition: to accuse the current Government of not doing what you didn't do when you were the Government!

[Euler]

The £330bn will mainly be in loans, so a lot will return to the coffers at some point. But adding more debt will only burden future generations. So it will need to be repaid somehow, mainly through higher taxes and cuts whoever picks up the pieces after this.

Pubic and private debt has been too high for too long since the 2008 meltdown, so the world we see after this is over will probably be a very different place.